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Continuum of CareCommunity-Wide Meeting
Wednesday, September 30, 20153:30-5:30 p.m.
Council Office Building100 Maryland Avenue, 3rd Floor Hearing Room
Rockville, Maryland 20850
Presentation by the Technical Assistance Collaborative (TAC), Inc.
Presenters: Lauren Knott and Gina Schaak
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Discussion Topics
Introduction
HEARTH Act and Continuum of Care (CoC) Program
Written Standards
Performance Measurements
Coordinated Entry System
Gaps | Needs Analysis
Q&A
Introduction: HEARTH Act/CoC Program
HEARTH Act amended the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act in 2009
CoC Program interim rule implements the HEARTH Act
Establishes regulations for CoC Program including;
CoC Governance charter
CoC-wide written standards
CoC-wide policies and procedures for performance standards
CoC-wide policies for coordinated entry system
Annual gaps analysis
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Written Standards
Written Standards
The CoC Program interim rule requires that the CoC must establish and consistently follow written standards for providing CoC assistance
At minimum, these written standards must include:
Policies and procedures for evaluating individuals’ and families’ eligibility for assistance
Policies and procedures for determining and prioritizing which eligible individuals and families will receive assistance for Permanent Supportive Housing, Transitional Housing and Rapid Rehousing
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Permanent Supportive Housing (PSH):Eligibility and Prioritization Households must meet the HUD definition of Category 1 homeless and
have a disability
Of those eligible households, the following populations will be prioritized:
Chronically homeless individuals and families with the longest history of homelessness
Chronically homeless individuals and families with the most severe service needs
All other chronically homeless individuals and families
Homeless individuals and families with long period of continuous or episodic homelessness
Homeless individuals and families with a disability with the most severe service needs
Homeless individuals and families coming from places not meant for human habitation (i.e. emergency shelter, streets, safe havens etc.)
Veterans will be prioritized over non-veterans
Rapid Rehousing (RRH):Eligibility and Prioritization
Households must meet the HUD definition of Category 1 homeless and any subsequent eligibility requirements
Participants must meet eligibility requirements of specific rapid re-housing program
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Transitional Housing (TH): Eligibility and Prioritization Households must meet the HUD definition of
homelessness under Category 1 or 4
Participants must meet eligibility requirements of specific transitional housing program
Of those eligible households, the following households will be prioritized:
Length of time homeless
Falls under one of the target populations for TH
o Young adults 18-24
o Family with children
o Undocumented households fleeing domestic violence
Performance Measurements
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Performance Measurements:HUD requirements
CoCs are charged with designing a local “system” to assist people experiencing homelessness in their area
System performance creates accountabilityfor how well the entire CoC serves people experiencing homelessness
Performance Measurements:Purpose of system Ensure common understanding of system
intent and goals, along with the projects that make up the CoC’s system
Focus on measuring the cumulative impact of programs, not just their individual impact
Help CoCs gauge their progress toward preventing and ending homelessness
Identify areas for improvement
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System Performance Measurements
Length of Time Homeless
Returns to Homelessness
Number of Homeless Persons
Employment and Income Growth for Homeless persons in CoC Programs
Homeless for the First Time
Successful Placement from Street Outreach (SO)
Successful Housing Placement to or Retention in a Permanent Housing Destination
Coordinate Entry System
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Coordinated Entry System (CES)
HUD requires that CoCs establish and operated a CES for their entire geographic area
Coordinated Entry System (CES) increase the efficiency of local crisis response systems, improve fairness, ease access to resources, and increase the accuracy and effectiveness with which persons are prioritized for community resources
Coordinated Entry System (CES)
HUD published documents outlining the regulatory and policy considerations
Coordinated Entry Policy Brief
Notice on Prioritizing Persons Experiencing Chronic Homelessness and other Vulnerable Homeless Persons in Permanent Supportive Housing and Record Keeping Requirements for Documenting Chronic Homeless Status
Establishing Additional Requirements for a Continuum of Care Centralized or CES (forthcoming)
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Gaps | Needs Analysis
Montgomery County Gaps Analysis
CoCs are required to conduct an annual gaps analysis of the homeless needs and services available within the geographic area
States and communities use a housing scan to determine housing gaps
Provides an overview of states/communities existing local affordable and deeply affordable housing resources
Should include all housing options (local, State, and Federal)
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Montgomery County Gaps Analysis
Housing Affordability Gap
2014 SSI Payments as an Hourly Wage
Housing Market Area
SSI as an Hourly Wage
NLIHC Housing Wage
Montgomery County Gaps Analysis
HUD Funded Housing Resources
Housing Choice Vouchers, including special purpose vouchers
Federal Public Housing Units
HOME Investments Partnership Program
Housing Opportunities for Persons with AIDS
Continuum of Care Homeless Programs
Montgomery County specific resources
County funded ES projects
County funded TH projects
County funded PSH projects
County funded RRH projects
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Questions and Answers
Contact Us
Technical Assistance Collaborative, Inc. – TAC
@TACIncBoston
Visit us on the web: www.tacinc.org
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Montgomery County Continuum of Care 10-Year Plan to End
HomelessnessPresenter: Susie Sinclair-Smith and Sara Black
Strategic plan priorities included in the Year 1 Action plan were developed with CoC input
Committees were identified to take the lead on each strategic plan priority
Time frame for the work includes all activities to date through June 30, 2016.
Montgomery County Continuum of Care (CoC): 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness
Year 1 Action Plan
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Community Outreach and Education Committee
Introductions: The overall goal of the Committee is to provide education and outreach to the community on homeless issues.
Accomplishments:
Developed a Homeless Services Guide Brochure
Definition of a Veteran: “A Veteran is any individual experiencing homelessness who has served on active duty in the United States Military, regardless of discharge status. The active duty requirement is not time restricted, which means that it applies to any length of service beyond training/boot camp.”
Future Activities:
Educate and Engage the Public about homelessness and the need to take action
Collaborate and compile research about best practices
Explore best practices for connecting veterans to mainstream services.
Jimmy Frazier-Bey, Chair Leslie George, Co-Chair
Performance Review Committee
Introductions: The goal of the Performance Review Committee is to create common data standards and uniform performance measures across all project types. The intent is to identify best practices and determine how to replicate those successes to ensure maximum success in ending homelessness through housing placement or housing retention.
Accomplishments:
Did a comparative analysis of the newly released HUD Performance
Invited National Alliance to End Homelessness to do a presentation regarding the HUD Performance Measurements documentation that was released in May, 2015.
Developed draft Performance Measures based on HUD and CoC priorities.
Future Activities:
Implement uniform performance measure/outcome appropriate for population and program
Gather baseline data, track progress and establish target for performance
Determine by what means the information will be shared with the Provider community
Conduct HMIS training to help providers with data input needed for outcome measurements
Christine Hong, Chair Sharon Sierra-Koscinski, Co-Chair
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Strategic Planning Committee
Accomplishments: Developed Year-1 Action Plan aligned with CoC Strategic Plan and
identified relevant committees to take the lead on the work.
Developed work plan for priorities assigned to Strategic Planning Committee.
On behalf of the CoC, requested HOC create set aside of 10 Housing Choice Vouchers for Veterans.
Future Activities: Support Community Education and Outreach, Performance Review,
Operating Committees, and the Interagency Commission on Homelessness to complete work plans for relevant Year-1 priorities.
Finalize Strategic Planning Committee Year-1 work plan.
Monitor implementation of Year-1 activities.
Susie Sinclair-Smith, Chair Sara Black, Co-Chair
Operations Committee
Introductions: The Operations Committee continues to meet on a monthly basis and will be responsible for the day-to-day operations of the Continuum of Care (CoC).
Accomplishments:
CoC Governance Charter (Approved). Point in Time (PIT) – The PIT Survey was conducted on January 28, 2015. The final
PIT report submitted to the Council of Government Board on May 13, 2015. CoC’s Strategic 10-Year Plan to End Homelessness Definition of Veterans Approved by CoC Homeless Resource Guide Brochure Written Standards for CoC Operation Homeless Management Information System (HMIS) Participation Agreement
Future Activities:
Preparing for NOFA
Review Federal policies, procedures and regulations
Promote targeted outreach strategies• Identify gaps in services for youth who are homeless and determine ways to fill the gaps
Develop and promote best practices in crisis response programs• Develop CoC policies and procedures to determine prioritization for emergency shelter and
transitional housing.
Nadim Khan, Chair Priscilla Fox Morrill, Co-Chair
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Brian Tracey, Chair Objective: Increase Access to Housing Options
Strategy: Support rental subsidies through federal, state and private resources targeted to those experiencing or most at risk of homelessness.Action Steps: ► Explore new sources of public and private funding, not only for rental subsidies but for all
aspects of support necessary for stable affordable housing.
► Convene/develop relationships with new corporate, faith-based and philanthropic partners to identify and seek federal new funding and improve connections to federal state and local.
►Strategy: Preserve and expand supply of affordable rental homes where they are most needed through federal, state, local efforts.
Action Steps: Identify additional funding sources to reduce housing development costs in order to facilitate
the development of rental units affordable to lower income households with an emphasis on those with the lowest incomes (e.g. at or below 30% of area median income).
ICH: Resource Committee
ICH: Behavioral Health Committee
Objective: Integrate Primary and Behavioral Health Services with Homeless Assistance and Housing Programs
Strategy: Increase availability of behavioral health services, including community mental health centers, to people experiencing or at risk of homelessness.
Action Steps:
Assess population to determine who is at risk, identify availability of services and understand barriers to services.
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ICH: Hospital and Jail Committee
Objective: Advance Health and Housing Stability for People Experiencing Homelessness with Frequent Contact with Hospitals, Criminal Justice, and for Unaccompanied and Youth Aging Out of Public Systems
Strategy: Improve discharge planning from hospitals, VA medical centers, psychiatric facilities, jails and prisons to connect people to housing, health support, income and work supports and health coverage prior to discharge.
Action Steps: Expand relationships with hospitals and jails to promote planning and services.
ZERO: 2016 PlanMontgomery County
Presenter: Chapman Todd and Nili Soni
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Zero: 2016 is a national effort of 75communities across the country who have committed to ending Veteran homelessness by December, 2015 and chronic homelessness by December, 2016.
Montgomery County’s Zero: 2016 Initiative, is a rigorous follow-on to its successful 100,000 Homes Campaign and will build upon these past efforts.
Montgomery County will continue to use a Housing First model as the basis for its plan.
The following plan is the result of collaborative discussions between Department Health and Human Services (DHHS) and key stakeholders including family and single adult shelter providers, Veterans groups, Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) and Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) providers and others.
Background
Montgomery County CoC Definition of a Veteran is any
individual experiencing homelessness who has served on
active duty in the United States Military, regardless of
discharge status.
The active duty requirement is not time restricted, which
means that it applies to any length of service beyond
training/boot camp.
This definition includes persons who are not eligible for some
homelessness programs and services provided through the
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs.
Who is a veteran?
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Our goal is to house 56 Veterans who are Montgomery
County residents experiencing homelessness into
permanent housing by December 31, 2015.
This does not mean that there will never be a veteran
experiencing homelessness but, rather, that the
community has reached sustainable functional zero.
Functional Zero = Homeless Veteran ≤ Veteran Monthly
Housing Placement Average
Take Down Number
The goal or “take down number” is based on the following:
1. the current number of homeless Veterans who have been identified in the County’s Homeless Management Information System (HMIS),
2. the 2015 annual Point-in-Time Survey, (24 veterans identified)
3. by the Department of Veterans Affairs staff working at the Veterans One-Stop Center located in the Montgomery County Crisis Center, and
4. by the staff of the regional Supportive Services for Veterans Families (SSVF) contractors as being connected to Montgomery County.
In addition to the number of homeless Veterans in the County who have previously been identified through these sources, a projection of the number of Veterans who will become homeless during the course of 2015 has been developed using both national trends as well as past experience specific to Montgomery County.
Take Down Number
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Using this definition, a master list of all persons identified as Veterans
and are currently homeless in Montgomery County has been developed.
The list is updated regularly – in most cases, daily in order to ensure it
has the most up-to-date information on veterans in our community.
The Master List is not a waiting list; veterans on this list may already be
accessing programs, waiting for a housing unit, or may self-resolve their
homelessness.
This list is meant to get the key partners involved in ending veteran
homelessness in our community.
Master List
The Montgomery County CoC has developed a coordinated entry system
and written standards for access to housing resources to assure
transparent and uniform decision-making when assessing need and
referring persons to housing.
The Vulnerability Index-Service Prioritization and Decision Assessment
Tool (VI-SPDAT) is used to assess individuals who are in need of
housing intervention(s) and
The locally-developed Housing Options Targeting Tool is used to assess
families.
The CoC will prioritize Veterans over non-veterans when referring
individuals and families to permanent housing options.
Prioritization Of Existing Housing Resources for Homeless Veterans
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HUD-Veterans Affairs Supportive Housing Program (VASH)
• The HUD-VASH, which is a
Permanent Supportive Housing
(PSH) which provides long-
term rental assistance
vouchers and social services
specifically targeted to
homeless veterans.
Supportive Service for Veteran Families Program (SSVF)
• The SSVF which provides time-
limited financial and supportive
services to individuals and
families who are homeless or
at-risk of homelessness to
enable them to quickly regain
stability in permanent housing
after experiencing a housing
crisis and/or homelessness.
Federal Housing Resources
As part of Montgomery County’s Fiscal Year 2016 Budget, an
appropriation in the amount of $500,000 was approved to
provide housing and supportive services to homeless Veterans
in the County. This will be funding two new programs:
a permanent supportive housing program to be operated by the Montgomery County Coalition for the Homeless (MCCH), and
a rapid rehousing program to be operated by Bethesda Cares.
The Housing Opportunities Commission has committed 10
Housing Subsidy Vouchers to be used by the MCCH program.
New Resources
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Veterans Permanent Housing with Supports Program (VPH)
• The VPH will be targeted to 20
Veterans, who may or may not
have documented disabilities,
but have significant behavioral
health, medical, or other
significant barriers that will
require ongoing rental
assistance and social services
support.
Veterans Rapid Re-Housing Program (VRRH)
• The VRRH will be targeted to
15 Veterans who need
assistance in obtaining
housing, short or medium term
assistance with rental
payments, and some time-
limited social services
support.
New Housing Resources
26 Veterans Housed this year as of
September 30, 2015!
Current Status
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The Montgomery County Continuum of Care (CoC) is
delighted to join the Zero: 2016 National Campaign.
The CoC’s goal is to end homelessness for all Veterans,
not just those with honorable discharges.
The strategy to achieve this vision is of making
homelessness a rare, brief, and nonrecurring event for
Veterans in Montgomery County.
Conclusion
Homeless Resource DayNadim A. Khan
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Homeless Resource Day is a one-day, one-stop opportunity for individuals and families experiencing homelessness or at risk of homelessness to access services, resources and information. Montgomery County, Maryland and the City of Gaithersburg partner to sponsor the Homeless Resource Day on:
Fifth Annual Event scheduled: Thursday, November 19, 2015
9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.The Activity Center at Bohrer Park
506 South Frederick AvenueGaithersburg, Maryland 20877
Homeless Resource Day 2015
Current Sponsors
Some of the Services Provided
Health Services
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Some of the Services Provided
Personal Care Services
Some of the Services Provided
Medicaid and Health Insurance Information
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Some of the Services Provided
Veteran and Legal Aide Services
Homeless Resource Day Statistics
Final Totals 2014 2013 2012 2011
Intake Forms submitted: 462 321 302 274
Guest Exit Surveys submitted: 445 319 300 278
Reporting as Veterans: 29 (7%) 9 (3%) 10 (3%) 4 (1%)
Service Providers | Vendors | Exhibitors:
74 67 62 57
Donors and Sponsors: 14 38 24 13
Volunteers-Registered 377 324 258 284
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Homeless Resource Day ‐Opportunities
1. Service Providers needed to help by providing needed services, resources and information
2. Volunteer Opportunity –Volunteers help as guides to assist guest to navigate the over 60 service providers
3. Sponsorships or Donor Opportunity –Become a sponsor or host a drive. Volunteers Needed!
Homeless Resource Day‐Contact Information
For more information or to sign up to participate as a Sponsor, Service Provider, Donor or Volunteer
• Please leave your information with Gloria Huggins
• Visit our website at: www.montgomerycountymd.gov/HRD
• Contact us by email at [email protected]
• By US mail at:
Homeless Resource Day Planning Committee 401 Hungerford Drive, 5th FloorRockville, Maryland 20850 Attention: Gloria Huggins
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Questions
